Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18
THE STREET RAILWAY
Plans Of the Gentlemen Who Will Ill.,.
Butte This Boon.

Precautions Being Taken to secur. a.
Best Available Pattern Insur,n.
Permanent improvement to the CIT,
Messrs. Nelson and Willard Bennett o.,
rived in town yesterday and were seen a.
tho Office OF Mcbride & Haldorn. In renlv
to questions they stated that they had
autographed to q firm in YOUNGSTOWN, Penn.
~sylvania, an order Tor steel rails to ba
laid on the route from Butte to South
Butte and to Meaderville. The kind of raj,
furnished by the firm to which they have
sent the order is a very deep pattern which
admits OF the ties being laid underground
with several inches OF paving material over
them. The survey all over their proposed
route is completed and nothing now re.
County, which is the business
coming I'D before the Board of
County Commissioners to-day, and will in
all likelihood begranted to Messrs. Bennett,
when work on grading will be
at once commenced. These gentlemen do
not ask any other right from the County
than permission to lay their tracks, require
No guarantee of possession from the mum.
cipality and will undoubtedly confer a
lasting benefit upon the community in the
way Of grading some portions OF the County
roads that are at present sadly in need OF
this improvement-to say nothing OF the
boon to the community in the
way OF cheap locomotion between at pre-
and the County Commissioners will un-
doubtedly recognize these patent facts by
granting the petition of Messrs. Bennett
without demur.
Nelson Bennett will send an experienced
here to superintend the grading, lay
ing of rails and perfecting OF the work in the
most thorough manner. He is thoroughly
versed in this business, having acquired
practical experience in the East, and being
engaged on the street railway contract
in Tacoma which Nelson Bennett is COM
The company have not yet decided upon
the particular power they will eventually
use on the South Butte and Meaderville
lines. They have little doubt OF finally de-
Gliding upon an electric motor for these
lines, but are going to take no chances
upon the matter, and for this purpose will
send q competent engineer east to investi-
gate the various patents O in operation
and bring back to them a report as to the
best power to use on the streets. Electric
street railways are now in successful oper-
alton in Birmingham, Ala; Denver, Detroit,
Los Angeles, Toronto and other cities.
There are two patents OF which special in.
spection will be made-the Daft and the
systems. Both are excellent
but. like experienced men, the BENEFITS
the best, whichever it is, knowing
it is cheapest in the long run.
The cable patent to be used in the Walk
erville extension is also in allegiance. There
a patent called the KasnIaussen, in
the cables running in both directions
are encased in an iron tube which admits
Of them being about a foot apart, and is a
great deal le-s expensive than the deepiron
in use on most lines, though
effective for the purpose. In order
TO keep it free OF dirt and distractions
accumulate in it, a steel brush which
8 carried on the cab sweeps out alldebris.
receptacles at intervals along the line
receive this dirt, and, being accessible by
can be cleaned out by men etuploye ed
or the purpose as often as necessary. The
on the cars will clamp the cable to
he right so that coming upand going down
ill neither cable can possibly foul the
,ther